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- Cartoon Characters: Strong Man, Cuckoo Man, Tornado Man, Rope Man, Diaper Man, The Frog.
- Voice Actors: Herschel Bernardi, Lionel Wilson.
- Directed By Ralph Bakshi, Bob Taylor.
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- First Aired on November 05, 1966.
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We had a great summer in terms of press coverage at the Hoop Fund, with stories in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Reuters, Triple Pundit, and Fair Trade USA.
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Patrick Donohue, Co-Founder & CEO of the Hoop Fund, an e-Bay meets Kiva crowd funding platform that allows individuals to purchase "ethically" products and to invest in the farmers and artisans behind them, is hoping for the same. "We are looking for partners and investors to help us take the Hoop to the next level," says Donohue. They just kicked off a new seed round of $350k, of which they've raised $75k from Hub Ventures and First Light Ventures." Donohue notes that both are "pioneers in the SOCAP community."
Community caught my eye. It's not a term you'd find flowing from Wall Street's lips. Donohue believes that's changing.
"When the market's crashed in 2008, I think a lot of people realized just how much we need community. Not only did out of control money put us in a bad situation, but we realized that we can't rely 100% on 401ks and the market to take care of us. Trying to make so much money so that you don't need anyone is a ridiculous and lonely pursuit. So impact investing not only helps build the types of community infrastructure we need to thrive, but it also forces us to view our financial returns along side the society we're building and what we're doing to our ecosystems. It keeps us connected. That's a very good thing."
At a loss for how to explain what I do for a living, my sister once described my work as "something to do with pyramid schemes and poor people." I can laugh at it now (the base of the pyramid is an awful phrase for a number of reasons), but the incident highlights how contradictory most people find the combination of capitalism and doing good for the world.
Even when familiar with enterprises that use "capitalism for good", most people generally call to mind a class of companies that fill a small, though often profitable, niche of eco- or socially-conscious consumers. By in large, growth in those markets is defined by how much you can make people care (about the planet, about people, about pandas).
There's another class of companies, however, who may use green means, but who don't rely on consumer sentiment about society or the environment to sell their stuff. Among these are many of the companies I have worked with in recent years, where the name of the game has been catalyzing massive new markets, primarily in the so-called base of the economic pyramid. While they used inclusive means to serve poor communities, these companies' goals were those of growth-seeking, profit-oriented enterprises.
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There's nothing like a room full of blank stares to tell you that you have just used the wrong word, nobody there knows what you're talking about and you need to adapt, but what do you do when that word is at the heart of what you do? When that glazed-eye-inducing offender is printed all over your business cards?
Erik, Kabi, Edwin and I are in a meeting hall in Kibera, a shanty town in Nairobi, Kenya which, with an estimated one million people, is one of Africa's, if not the world's, largest slums. We're running the second of four community engagement workshops in which we are preparing local community groups, entrepreneurs and social enterprises, on how to best approach and prepare for a partnership with multinational companies; in this case, how to partner with our main corporate sponsor, SC Johnson. This is what we do, we bring people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse resources together, "a creative collision of world views", to create new market opportunities for multinationals and locally grown businesses for poor communities via a process of "mutual value creation". Buzz phrase laden work, yes, but it's actually all been going quite well so far, except that now our community partners are stuck on our name. Behind us, on a brown flip chart taped to the wall, is drawn a large three sided figure, a triangle really, with the words "Base of the Pyramid" written on top, or BoP for short. That's us.


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For the six month period ended September 30, 2011, sales grew 53% to $9.6 million, reflecting an 82% increase in U.S. sales and a 17% increase in sales outside the U.S. In the U.S., sales of Urgent PC increased 85% and Macroplastique sales grew 78%. The Company ended the quarter with cash, cash equivalents and cash investments of $17.3 million.
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Residents of the Strawberry Recreation District Zone 4 gave their approval to a pair of measures that will keep a waterway to the bay clear of silt for years to come.
The district conducted the election via two mail-in elections. The ballots were due Tuesday evening.
"We are very happy to hear it," said Terry Graham, chairwoman of the Zone 4 Dredging Committee. "Our residents are very supportive our dredging."
Measure A received 66 votes or 89 percent approval, and eight no votes or 11 percent, surpassing the needed two-thirds threshold. The measure moves forward a $500,000 bond to dredge the Strawberry Channel, the waterway on the east side of Strawberry that provides boat access to Richardson Bay and beyond. The channel is navigable but silting in, Strawberry officials said.
The district estimates the average resident will pay $57.57 per $100,000 of assessed property value over the life of the bond through 2028.
Under the measure the channel will be dredged to provide a six-foot clearance at low tide. The dredging will likely occur next summer.
While the bond will take care of immediate needs, future dredging projects are unfunded.
To remedy that, Zone 4 voters also approved Measure B. Fifty-five or 74 percent of voters said yes to the measure, while 19 voters, or 26 percent opposed it, also surpassing the two-thirds approval needed.
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The vote did not take in the entire recreation district, but just Zone 4, which includes 63 properties with access to the water and 100 registered voters.
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Hello! My uba tuba granite was installed on Friday. There were a few issues: the seam near the sink was noticeable from a distance (probably at least 3/16" wide), there are gaps behind sink between 3/16" and 5/16", they left a glob of cement on the side of a cabinet which when removed took of an area of my cabinet finish (can be fixed with the touch up paint, but this seems sloppy), sink cutout was lopsided by 3/8" (noticeable to me, not to others) and the island was not exactly what I ordered (it was off by 1/2" and I realize now that this issue was minor compared to the others.) The installer returned yesterday to look at the issues. My GC said if they could fix the seam, he could deal with the gap. They did something with the seam so it looked much better. Not sure what he did, but it is less noticeable now (our plumber even said it looked better). But now, the area around the seam is a bit duller than the rest of the counter. So the installer came out again today and apparently polished it with a wax (this is what they told my GC - I'm not home... trying to work with all this going on!) GC said when he wiped it down, the surface is not as shiny. I'm concerned they're trying to put a bandaid on the issue and that it will look awful in a week. Is it appropriate to put a wax on the granite to make it shiny, and if so, will it last? This area is right by the sink, so I'm concerned that I will be wiping it down a lot and the shine will go away. The installer also told my GC that the uba tuba needs to be sealed, but everything I read on the web says that uba tuba doesn't need to be sealed. BTW, I put a stop payment on my check that was the final payment, and won't pay them until they've fixed the issues. Thanks for your help! |
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- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Tue, Sep 11, 12 at 18:21
Typical low budget no skills work. You did the right thing putting a hold on the check, but the bigger issue is that they just may not have the skills to make it right. If they tried to field polish with a handlheld, then no wonder it's not shiny by the seam. You've got to use water and much finer abrasives than you can do dry to get an acceptable edge polish. Uba Tuba fabricators are everywhere though. So I'm sure you can find someone else to replace it if you can't get these guys to. I'd expect a decent quality fabricator to charge you $45-$50 a square foot for UT and not leave you with that mess. But you have to actually view jobs that they've done and the seams that they did before you pick them. |
Thanks Hollyspring, We did pay $50 sq ft. Looking at the dull spot this morning, it's on both sides of the seam (on two pieces of granite.) We're still left with the gap between the wall and granite and now this issue of the dullness around the sean. Is it possible to get a full refund? I don't know if I trust them to take the granite out and replace it. |
- Posted by rocketmomkd (My Page) on Wed, Sep 12, 12 at 16:08
I'm sorry to hear about your problems with the granite install. I can share a bit about what happened with mine- At the time of our install of absolute black, everything looked great to me. But by the next day I found several small scratches in various places. I called the company and they sent the guys out to fix it. I asked if they could buff the scratches out somehow and they said there was no way to do that without taking the shine out of the granite. They used a couple different solutions and they worked to hide the scratches. Since you weren't there you really don't know what they did to your seam. I'd ask for a detailed description of what they did and ask how they are going to shine your granite up again. I doubt they will refund all your money, but keep on them to get it fixed! |
Thank you for your thoughts. I'm on day 3 (wed, thursday and now friday) with the company not coming out or returning my call. I still have 1/2 of their payment, so they're losing out by fixing the problem. I understand they have other jobs to do, but just return my call and tell me how and when they're planning to fix it. Unbelievable. |
- Posted by debrak_2008 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 14, 12 at 11:04
Call repeatedly. Go to the business location. They want you to give up. |
you might have a better option than a tear out. it does sound like the fabricator tried to top polish the seam. On darker colors it takes real craftsmanship to restore the factory polish after grinding a seam but is is possible. If you (or the GC) can find another fabricator with the skill to top polish then your problem could be resolved without a tear-out/re do. Wax should not be considered as an option as it won't last AND it's not acceptable (or legal) for a food prep area anyway. It's a little late for this but in general it's a bad idea to locate a seam immediately proximate to the sink. |
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Next quasi-coupon date for fixed-income security
NextQuasiCouponDate = cpndatenq(Settle, Maturity, Period, Basis,
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Settle | Settlement date. A vector of serial date numbers or date strings. Settle must be earlier than Maturity. |
Maturity | Maturity date. A vector of serial date numbers or date strings. |
Period | (Optional) Coupons per year of the bond. A vector of integers. Allowed values are 0, 1, 2 (default), 3, 4, 6, and 12. |
Basis | (Optional) Day-count basis of the instrument. A vector of integers.
For more information, see basis. |
EndMonthRule | (Optional) End-of-month rule. A vector. This rule applies only when Maturity is an end-of-month date for a month having 30 or fewer days. 0 = ignore rule, meaning that a bond's coupon payment date is always the same numerical day of the month. 1 = set rule on (default), meaning that a bond's coupon payment date is always the last actual day of the month. |
IssueDate | (Optional) Date when a bond was issued. |
FirstCouponDate | (Optional) Date when a bond makes its first coupon payment; used when bond has an irregular first coupon period. When FirstCouponDate and LastCouponDate are both specified, FirstCouponDate takes precedence in determining the coupon payment structure. If you do not specify a FirstCouponDate, the cash flow payment dates are determined from other inputs. |
LastCouponDate | (Optional) Last coupon date of a bond before the maturity date; used when bond has an irregular last coupon period. In the absence of a specified FirstCouponDate, a specified LastCouponDate determines the coupon structure of the bond. The coupon structure of a bond is truncated at the LastCouponDate, regardless of where it falls, and is followed only by the bond's maturity cash flow date. If you do not specify a LastCouponDate, the cash flow payment dates are determined from other inputs. |
Required arguments must be number of bonds (NUMBONDS)-by-1 or 1-by-NUMBONDS conforming vectors or scalars. Optional arguments must be either NUMBONDS-by-1 or 1-by-NUMBONDS conforming vectors, scalars, or empty matrices. Fill unspecified entries in input vectors with the value NaN. Dates can be serial date numbers or date strings.
NextQuasiCouponDate = cpndatenq(Settle, Maturity, Period, Basis, EndMonthRule, IssueDate, FirstCouponDate, LastCouponDate) determines the next quasi coupon date for a portfolio of NUMBONDS fixed income securities whether or not the first or last coupon is normal, short, or long. For zero coupon bonds cpndatenq returns quasi coupon dates as if the bond had a semiannual coupon structure. Successive quasi coupon dates determine the length of the standard coupon period for the fixed income security of interest and do not necessarily coincide with actual coupon payment dates.
Outputs are NUMBONDS-by-1 vectors.
If Settle is a coupon date, this function never returns the settlement date. It returns the quasi coupon date strictly after settlement.
NextQuasiCouponDate is returned as a serial date number. The function datestr converts a serial date number to a formatted date string.


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I can't begin to thank Rosalie and Diane enough for making my vision a reality. They executed my wishes to a T!! I used flowers I never thought I could use because of price and didn't break the bank. I feel they truly treated me like their own daughter. I actually cried the first time I saw my bouquet. The tended to every detail, even using extra flowers and glassware around the reception area. You are definitely in good hands if you choose to use Floral Bliss. I received so many compliments on my bouquet, the bridesmaid's flowers and the centerpieces... and I owe it all to them! I highly recommend Floral Bliss!!
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We really lucked out by finding Floral Bliss.... Rosalie and Diane are so incredibly sweet and talented. They took thehalf ideas that we had, and listened to all of our likes and dislikes and turned our centerpieces into something wonderful. I could not believe how beautiful they were. It was everything I wanted, but didn't know quite how to say. My bouquet was magnificent and looked absolutely gorgeous in our pictures. We were so unbelievably lucky to have found such wonderful and amazing florists.
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Rosalie and Diane created beautiful floral arrangements that fit the look I wanted for our Old World style wedding. We had an English Garden theme for the flowers.
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Microsoft has admitted that its focus with Kinect titles is to appeal to "everyone",
MS dedicated much of its E3 presser to family-friendly Kinect games such as Kinect Sports, Joy Ride and Kinectimals, a move which it previously defended to core gamer outcries.
MS says Gears of War 3, Halo: Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops will help make this one of the biggest years for core gamers on 360, but those types of experiences just aren't the focus for Kinect.
"In addition to these controller-based games, Kinect is a new way to play, using your full body and voice. We believe gamers will also enjoy games, sports, movies and music - all hands free," it told Kotaku.
"At Xbox, we're developing controller-based games for the core and Kinect titles that appeal to everyone," it added. "And just as we've done with Xbox LIVE, we will continue to evolve our platform and work with the industry's most creative minds to create new games and entertainment. What you're seeing today is just the beginning."
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Deep-Dish Apple Pie: 4 tricks to make it healthier and still delicious
By Hilary Meyer, October 5, 2010 - 11:50am
I used to think the key to a good apple pie was a butter- or shortening-laden flaky crust and lots of sugar to balance out the tartness of the apples. That was until I tried our Test Kitchen manager Stacy's version of deep-dish apple pie. Find out her secrets and get the recipe here.
Related: Healthy Apple Pie and More Fall Pie Recipes
Our resident baking maven turned my assumptions inside out. The pie she developed—minus tons of butter or shortening and loads of sugar—is the pie I'll be making for Thanksgiving this year. Here are a few tricks she uses to get a healthier pie without sacrificing flavor:
Related: Stacy's 5 Secrets for Baking Healthier Cookies That Taste Great
1. Keep the fat in the crust to a minimum. Butter isn't totally off limits, just use less of it. She uses reduced-fat sour cream to replace some of the butter. It keeps the dough moist and tender, without adding tons of saturated fat. And she follows the basic rules of great pastry: always use chilled butter and ice-cold water, use a light hand when working with the dough, and let the dough chill before rolling it out.
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2. Add some fiber by using a mixture of whole-wheat flour and all-purpose flour in the crust. There's a fine balance between making your pie crust healthy and making your pie crust taste like cardboard. The results can be less than appetizing if you use all whole-wheat flour, but Stacy uses a mix of traditional all-purpose and whole-wheat pastry flour. The pastry flour adds fiber, but keeps the texture tender, and by blending it with all-purpose you get a less wheaty taste.
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3. Choose apples for flavor and texture. And use plenty of them! Apple pie should taste good, but not feel like mush in your mouth. Stacy uses a mix of McIntosh and Granny Smith in her pie. The McIntosh add a nice tangy flavor while the Granny Smith also taste good, but break down less when they cook, giving the filling a more toothsome texture. And since this is apple pie, use plenty of fruit. Stacy made her version deep-dish so there's extra room for the filling (and more apples means an added bump of soluble fiber).
Related: The Best and Worst Apples for Baking, Cooking & Eating
4. Keep your sugar in check. Apple pie is about apples. Why drown them in sugar? Clever Stacy cooks down a portion of the apples for the filling before she adds them to the crust. Why? Well, so the crust doesn't collapse and crack as much while it's baking (the filling won't shrink as much if some of it is already precooked) and it concentrates the natural flavors and sugar of the apples, so you don't have to add as much sugar to your filling.
Get the recipe: Deep-Dish Apple Pie
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EatingWell Associate Food Editor Hilary Meyer spends much of her time in the EatingWell Test Kitchen, testing and developing healthy recipes. She is a graduate of New England Culinary Institute.


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4 Don't answer fools according to their folly, or you will become like them yourself. | 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself. |
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With the 114th Congress sworn in, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley takes the reins of the Senate Judiciary Committee as chairman.
Iowa Congressman and Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley has apologized for comments he made at a January fundraiser in Texas.
"If you help me win this race, you may have someone with your background, your experience, your voice ... on the Senate Judiciary Committee," Braley said. "Or you might have a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school, never practiced law, serving as the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee."
While support to reduce prison sentences has been growing, Iowa State University sociologist Matt DeLisi recently testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that for certain offenders this would be a mistake.


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1 And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David abode two days in Ziklag. | 1 After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days. |
2 And it came to pass on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his garments rent, and earth upon his head; and as soon as he came to David, he fell to the earth and did obeisance. | 2 On the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and with dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor. |
3 And David said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. | 3 "Where have you come from?" David asked him. He answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp." |
4 And David said to him, What has taken place? I pray thee, tell me. And he said that the people had fled from the battle, and many of the people also had fallen and died, and that Saul and Jonathan his son were dead also. | 4 "What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." He said, "The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead." |
5 And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? | 5 Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?" |
6 And the young man that told him said, I happened by chance to be upon mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul leaned on his spear; and behold, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. | 6 "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and riders almost upon him. |
7 And he looked behind him, and saw me, and called to me. And I said, Here am I. | 7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'What can I do?' |
8 And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite. | 8 "He asked me, 'Who are you?' " 'An Amalekite,' I answered. |
9 He said to me again, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and slay me; for anguish has seized me; for my life is yet whole in me. | 9 "Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.' |
10 So I stood over him, and put him to death, for I knew that he would not live after his fall; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither to my lord. | 10 "So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord." |
11 Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him [did] likewise. | 11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. |
12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. | 12 They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. |
13 And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger. | 13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered. |
14 And David said to him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed? | 14 David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?" |
15 Then David called one of the young men and said, Draw near, [and] fall on him. And he smote him that he died. | 15 Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died. |
16 And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed. | 16 For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the LORD's anointed.' " |
17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son; | 17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, |
18 and he bade them teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow. Behold, it is written in the book of Jasher: -- | 18 and ordered that the men of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar): |
19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! | 19 "Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen! |
20 Tell [it] not in Gath, carry not the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. | 20 "Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice. |
21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, no rain upon you, nor fields of heave-offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, [as] not anointed with oil. | 21 "O mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, nor fields that yield offerings [of grain]. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul--no longer rubbed with oil. |
22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty. | 22 From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied. |
23 Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their lives, Even in their death were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. | 23 "Saul and Jonathan-- in life they were loved and gracious, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. |
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet with splendour, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel. | 24 "O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold. |
25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places. | 25 "How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights. |
26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant wast thou unto me; Thy love to me was wonderful, passing women's love. | 26 I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women. |
27 How are the mighty fallen, and the instruments of war perished! | 27 "How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!" |
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Voters Gear Up For Minnesota Caucuses
Minnesota holds its Republican caucuses on Tuesday. But in the race for the White House, these caucuses are just a nonbinding straw poll.
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The Super Bowl of political contests is the presidential campaign. And if 2012 is not compelling enough for you, not to worry. Journalists are already writing about the prospects for 2016. But this year's Republican nominating contest is far from over. Tomorrow, Missouri which holds a primary, and there's a caucus in Minnesota, which is where we find Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public Radio.
MATT SEPIC, BYLINE: A company in northern Minnesota provided a tailor-made campaign stop for Rick Santorum. The former Pennsylvania senator visited Bemidji Woolen Mills, the official maker of - you guessed it - his signature sweater vests. The company is filling orders for several thousand vests. But since it was Sunday, this was just a photo op. At a rally later, Santorum, who squeaked to a win last month in Iowa, urged social conservatives to support him Tuesday, here in Minnesota.
RICK SANTORUM: You have an opportunity to speak loudly about the values of faith and family, of life, and the respect for the dignity of all human life.
SEPIC: That message resonated with supporter Janet Duncanson.
JANET DUNCANSON: I believe he is absolutely right when he says our country is on the line in this election. We will lose a lot of our freedoms if we continue to go the way we are.
SEPIC: However, all Santorum and his three GOP opponents can hope for in Minnesota is a symbolic victory. In the race for the White House, these caucuses are just a non-binding straw poll. Fewer than 3 percent of the state's registered voters are expected to show up. Still, all the candidates are making appearances - Mitt Romney, last week; Newt Gingrich, tonight; Ron Paul made several weekend stops.
With unemployment below the national average, President Obama may have an advantage in Minnesota. And polls here show Mr. Obama would beat either Romney or Gingrich in a general election match-up. So if the caucuses don't count, and Minnesota has voted Democratic in presidential elections for decades, why do Republicans care?
LARRY JACOBS: Folks are showing up in Minnesota because of the symbolic importance of getting a win.
SEPIC: That's University of Minnesota political scientist Larry Jacobs. He says now, momentum is what matters.
JACOBS: Even though none of the delegates are going to be apportioned at the Minnesota caucus, it's the ability to either stem momentum for Romney, or add to it, that's drawing the attention from the candidates this week.
SEPIC: With scant polling for the caucuses, it's anyone's guess who will prevail. Former GOP Governor Tim Pawlenty briefly ran for president, and now backs Romney. Pawlenty said in a conference call with reporters that well-organized candidates could benefit from the low turnout.
TIM PAWLENTY: There's a pretty strong contingent of Ron Paul supporters in Minnesota. I don't think he'll win the caucuses, but I think he'll have a respectable showing. Newt Gingrich has had, over the years, a strong following here.
SEPIC: Besides momentum, there's another reason the Republicans are campaigning here. Political scientist Larry Jacobs says with a Republican-controlled legislature, a same-sex marriage ban on the ballot this fall, and a close governor's race two years ago, Minnesota is far from the liberal bastion of yesteryear.
Jacobs says Republicans are taking the opportunity to energize and organize their base, and let President Obama know he can't take Minnesota's 10 electoral votes for granted.
For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepic in Minneapolis.
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5. Which are you most likely to be seen at in August? The Washington County Fair, the Saratoga Racecourse, or The Great Escape? Great Escape.
6. How has your summer been so far? What's been the best about it? Not bad. Hoping Def Leppard concert will be the best part about it.
7. If you had the "musical chops" to do a professional duet with another country music artist... Who would you sing with? Martina McBride.
8. There are so many reality competitions out there... The Voice, Top Chef, Bachelorette, American Ninja Warrior..... What reality show do you wish you had the talent to compete on? Mountain Men(Does that count?)
9. Speaking of Reality Competitions... Shark Tank discovers lots of new ideas... There are a ton of inventions that have made our life easier... What invention would you like someone to create? A transporter like they had on Star Trek.
10. If you could go anywhere on vacation? where would you go? New ZealandI started working on 100.3 back in 1989. It was called I-107 back then. Instead of Kenny Chesney or Tim McGraw, we were playing Michael Bolton and Celine Dion. Times have changed and I've picked up a few more grey hairs, but it sure beats work! I'm a big sports fan, especially hockey. I enjoy going to the occasional Adirondack Phantoms game at the Civic Center, but most nights during the winter I'm watching the NY Rangers on the NHL Center Ice Package. I have three cats, Sammy, Coco and Milkshake. They're all awesome! Other than that, I enjoy the Big Bang Theory, and Ghosthunters on the SYFY channel.


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Summer Fruit is hard for me. I really don't care for fall/winter fruit, apples, pears, pumpkin (is that really fruit?), persimmons. I've been baking & eating out of hand peaches & nectarines, had some great raspberries at a good price and a wonderful watermelon a couple days ago. Will probably be ending my trips to local farmers' markets soon til next spring. |
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I'm in the same funk. My breakfast is always a bowl of fresh cut fruit...green grapes, bananas and cantelope in the spring....and bananas, cantelope and watermelon during the summer. Winters are whatever i can get, but it must be fresh...not canned or frozen. |
or pay the price for imported fruits... |
I agree. I don't like summer ,but I DO love the fruit and veggies. 80% of my diet is fruit or veggies, and the prices are already going up. I buy fresh, so now I'll be getting stuff from Brazil. Washington cherries ended a few weeks ago. I love them. Apples are one of my least favorite fruits. I love all berries and will have to pay the price I guess. $2 a pint of blueberries will soon go up to $4 a 1/2 pint. |
- Posted by heather_on (My Page) on Thu, Sep 19, 13 at 7:38
Sigh! Back to tasteless tomatoes. |
- Posted by juellie1962 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Sep 19, 13 at 7:40
I agree heather! It's so nice going outside my door and picking fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants and peppers! Basil too! YUM.....back to cardboard tasting stuff. :( |
- Posted by bigfoot_liz (My Page) on Thu, Sep 19, 13 at 8:13
that is the beauty of living in FL! it may suck from June thru Aug (thou this yr was quite nice running normal temps + lots of rain) and few veggies or fruit will grow (usually too high night time temps prevent fruit formation) but we are putting in our fall-winter tomatoes & garden now. I ALWAYS love to tell the "keep it local" crowd to enjoy their garden in Dec & Jan LOL ;-)) We have truely become a very spoiled nation when we can access fresh fruits & veggies from around the world, out of season in this country. If you can find Tastee tomatoes they are a newer FL mass production variety that has a better shelf taste. FYI you might be interested & quite shocked by the tomato industry in FL down in Naples...a good book on modern day tomato industry is out too. ~ liz |
I always miss the summer vegetables and fruits too, even though I love all the fall veggies a LOT and enjoy the apple and pumpkin deserts too! I do eat raw apples year around, and like them, but they're not even in the same category as melon, berries, etc... And tomatoes.... I miss summer tomatoes so much!! |
I think my local groceries import fruit from Mexico and South America because I see fruit all year round. But the local stuff is winding down. I'm seeing less and less of everything at my nearby Farmers Market. I'm in Long Island NY. |
I have been gorging on tomatoes from our garden of 15 plants. They're quite plentiful, but when they're gone I will never eat another till next summer. |
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Lead Pastor – Greg Johnston has served as senior pastor of five Mississippi churches during the last twenty-seven years. His latest place of service, prior to leaving to start The Grove Church, was FBC Batesville, MS. Greg is a graduate of William Carey University and also earned both a Master of Divinity degree in Pastoral Ministry and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Evangelistic Church Growth from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Greg and Vicki celebrated thirty-four years of marriage in May, 2011. Vicki is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing. In addition to being a registered nurse, Vicki is an outstanding Bible teacher. She has taught Young Married Adults and College and Career students in Sunday School and has taught many Beth Moore studies to ladies' groups.
Associate Pastor – Britt Johnston came on staff at The Grove Church in February of 2009, before the church officially launched. He is a graduate of William Carey University (2004) with a B.A. in Religion. He attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in pursuit of a M.Div. in Missions. His favorite thing about ministry is seeing people come to know Christ and develop their relationship with Jesus over time. Britt married Michaela in 2007, and they have one daughter named Caelyn that was born in 2011. Britt was a part of several summer missions' trips to Brazil, appointed summer missionary by the International Mission Board to Teresina, Brazil in 2004, Youth Pastor at Barton Baptist Church (2004-2006), and Living Unit Coordinator to at risk youth at Happy Hill Farm in Texas before becoming the Associate Pastor at The Grove Church. Britt's hobbies include: fishing, camping, shooting guns, and any other outdoors activity you can think about. The thing he likes most about the location of the church is the convenience of talking to people about the church and Jesus. Since he enjoys cooking and grilling out, his favorite type of food would be grilled steak or smoked brisket. Since Britt's favorite desert is banana pudding, it would be safe to say that his favorite ice cream would be Blue Bell's banana pudding ice cream.
Outreach Pastor – Charles Parker came on staff in July 2013. He is an active duty Air Force member who enlisted in 1996. Charles is a graduate of Wayland Baptist University (2002) with a B.S. in Occupational Education, specializing in Architectural Studies and Business. He surrendered his life to ministry in July 2008. While on a military deployment he began preaching and teaching in Afghanistan (Kandahar, Bagram, Kabul) and in 2009 returned to begin his theological studies. In 2010, Charles became a licensed minister of the Gospel and served as an associate minister at Union Baptist Church, VA. He graduated from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in 2013 with a Master of Divinity degree, specializing in Chaplaincy. His desire is to lead the lost to Christ Jesus while ministering in the pluralistic military environment. Charles and his wife, Anitra, met at Tuskegee University. They have been married since 1996. They have two girls, Caryn and Alaina, and a boy, Charles William. Charles' hobbies include reading Christian literature, writing poetry, and he is learning to play the piano. He is honored to be a steward of God's word and takes seriously his call to ministry. Therefore, his favorite verse in scripture is: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1)
Worship Facilitator – Michaela Johnston began leading worship at The Grove Church in 2010 when the need presented itself. She has a true passion for music and how music reaches people. Music has been a part of Michaela's life for a while and she has been singing to glorify God and reach others for Christ since Junior High. Michaela graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2008 with a Bachelors of Business Administration with a focus in Management. Her favorite thing about ministry is seeing others open their hearts to Jesus and worship Him freely through prayer and song. After meeting Britt, it didn't take long before the two became married. Four years after they married, they had Caelyn (2011) and life only became sweeter. Michaela has worked on summer mission trips, youth camp retreats and served alongside her husband at Happy Hill Farm as a Living Unit Coordinator to at risk youth before moving to Hattiesburg to serve at The Grove Church. Since Michaela is a Texan through and through, her favorite food is none other than Tex-Mex. Michaela's favorite sport is baseball, and therefore her favorite team is the Texas Rangers. Michaela's favorite thing about The Grove Church is the tight community between its members and regular attenders.
Children's Ministers – Grant and Jessica Douglas began attending The Grove Church in early 2009 when it was just a few families meeting in Dr. Johnston's home. They took up the responsibility of the Children's Ministry during The Grove's preview services to help the church get on its feet and later accepted their roles as Children's Ministers. Grant and Jessica were married in December 2005 and moved to Hattiesburg in 2007 for Jessica to continue her education at USM. They have two dogs, Hoss and Squirt. Grant has a BA in Christian Education with a minor in Social Work from Mississippi College and Jessica is finishing her MS in Environmental Biology with a minor in Geology this year at the University of Southern Mississippi. Along with working at the church, Grant works at The University of Southern Mississippi as the Manager of The Department of Receiving and Surplus and Jessica works at the University as a Research Assistant for the Department of Biological Sciences. Grant has worked as a Youth Minister in several Baptist Churches and both he and Jessica have volunteered as youth and children's leaders for many years. Grant also spent 6 years with Gulfshore Baptist Assembly as summer and part-time staff during college. Their favorite thing about the Children's Ministry is seeing the children's smiling faces eagerly awaiting the teaching of God's Word.


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Re: [CT] FW: S-weekly for comments - the challenges of confidential informants
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I hope this makes sense to other people. Please comment heavily.
The Challenges of Confidential Informants
Police in El Paso, Texas, announced Aug. 11 that they had arrested three
suspects in the May 15 shooting death of [link
] Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana, a Juarez cartel lieutenant who had been
acting as an informant for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) agency - an activity that prompted the Juarez cartel to put out a
hit on him. Gonzalez was shot multiple times outside his home in an
upscale El Paso neighborhood. A fourth suspect was arrested shortly
after the announcment. Among the suspects arrested in the killing was an
18-year-old U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, who the other
suspects said had been hired by one of the leaders of the group to pull
the trigger. Two other teenagers, a 17 year-old and a 16 year-old have
also been arrested and charged in the case.
The man who recruited the teenagers, Ruben Rodriguez Dorado, is an
interesting figure. After receiving orders from his superiors in the
Juarez cartel to kill Gonzalez, Rodriguez was able to freely enter the
US and conduct an extensive effort to locate Gonzalez - he reportedly
even paid Gonzalez' cell phone bill in an effort to obtain his address.
Armed with the address, he then conducted extensive surveillance of
Gonzalez and planned the assassination which was then carried out by the
young gunmen he had recruited. While the sophistication of Rodriguez'
investigative and surveillance efforts are impressive the Gonzalez
hit was not the first time he used them. According to an affidavit filed
in State court, Rodriguez told investigators that he also located and
surveilled targets for assassination in Mexico. Perhaps the most
intriguing aspect of this case is that the entire time Rodriguez was
plotting the Gonzalez assassination, he too was working as an informant
for ICE. Do we know if he or his family was given legal status in the
US in exchange for being an informant? Would be good to mention if he
was an Amcit or not, just for clarity.
While it is unclear at this point if ICE agents played any part in
assisting Rodriguez to find Gonzalez, at the very least, Rodriguez'
status as an ICE informant would certainly have been useful in
camouflaging his nefarious activities. Although Rodriguez was a legal
permanent resident of the U.S. having friends in ICE would allow him to
cross back and forth across the border without much scrutiny. or to
deflect suspicion if he was caught conducting surveillance.
It is also not clear if Rodriguez' work with ICE was sanctioned by the
Juarez cartel, or if he was merely playing both ends against the middle.
However, as STRATFOR has, previously discussed, when one examines the
reach, scope and sophistication of the Mexican cartels' intelligence
efforts, the cartels have demonstrated the ability to operate more like
a foreign intelligence service than a traditional criminal
organization. This means that it is highly possible that Rodriguez was
what we refer to in intelligence parlance as a double agent - someone
who pretends to spy on an organization but is in fact loyal to that
Whether Rodriguez was a double agent, or was just playing both ends
against the middle, this case provides a clear example of the problems
encountered when handling confidential informants - problems that become
even greater when the informant is associated with a sophisticated and
well financed organization.
Choir Boys Need Not Apply
While a conridential informant (CI) can be an incredibly valuable source
of information, even under the best of circumstances, running a CI is a
delicate operation that poses a wide array of potential problems and
pitfalls. The first, most obvious issue is that most people who have
access to the inner workings of a criminal organization, and therefore
the most valuable intelligence, are themselves criminals. Quite simply,
upstanding, honest citizens simply do not normally have access to the
plans of criminal gangs or understand their organizational hierarchy.
This means that authorities need to recruit or flip lower level
criminals in order to work their way up the food chain and go after
bigger targets. The fact that many CI's are criminals means that not
only do they frequently come with a heavy load of psychopathic and
sociopathic baggage, but in order to stay in good standing within their
organization, they often need to continue to commit illegal acts while
working for the government. Not infrequently these illegal acts can
come back to haunt the agency operating the CI.
CIs can also come with a host of motivations. While some informants are
motivated by money, or promises to have charges dropped or reduced,
other informants will provide information to the authorities in order to
further their own criminal schemes either by using law enforcement as a
way to take out rival gangs, or even a rival within their own
organization. Because of these varying motivations, it can be very
difficult to tell when a CI is fabricating information or when they are
trying to manipulate the authorities. In fact, it is not at all
uncommon for inexperienced or vulnerable handlers to lose control of a
CI. In extreme cases, it is even possible for a smooth and sophisticated
CI to end up controlling the person allegedly assigned to handle them,
rather than the other way around. And this is not just confined to small
town police departments; there have been instances of FBI and DEA agents
being manipulated and controlled by their CIs. Can you give an example
of what "losing control" of an agent looks like?
At the high end of the threat scale, there is also the possibility that
informants will be consciously sent to the authorities in order to serve
as double agents, or that the criminal organization they work for will
double them back once it is learned that they have decided to begin
cooperating with the authorities.
A double agent is particularly useful for the criminal organization
because they can intentionally feed very specific information to the
authorities in order to manipulate enforcement activities. For example,
in the case of the Juarez cartel, they could tip off authorities to a
small shipment of narcotics in one part of the sector in order to draw
attention away from a larger shipment moving through another part of the
sector. Of course the fact that the CI provided accurate information
pertaining to the smaller shipment also serves to increase his value to
the authorities. In the case of a double agent, almost everything he
provides will usually be accurate -- although this accurate information
is pretty much calculated to be harmless to the criminal organization
(though organizations have used double agents to pass on information to
the authorities that will allow them to take action against rival
criminal gangs). The outstanding accuracy of the intelligence reported
will cause the double agent to be trusted more than most regular CIs and
this makes double agents particularly difficult to uncover - they are
almost the polar opposite of a fabricator.
Not Typical Criminals
When considering the
[link http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20081209_mexican_drug_cartels_government_progress_and_growing_violence ]
Mexican drug cartels, it is very important to remember that they are
not typical criminal gangs. Not only do the cartels have access to
billions of dollars, and large groups of heavily armed enforcers, but
many of the cartels have also invested the time and resources necessary
to develop a highly a sophisticated intelligence apparatus. As you
mention above, the cartles essentially have intelligence agents, like
Rodriguez, who are responsible for surveillance activities, in addition
to paying off officials etc.
] This intelligence apparatus is perhaps best seen in the realm of
public corruption. Some of the Mexican cartels have a long history of
successfully corrupting public officials on both sides of the border.
Groups like the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) have successfully
recruited scores of intelligence assets and agents of influence at the
local, state and even federal levels of the Mexican government. They
even have enjoyed significant success in recruiting agents in elite
units such as the anti-organized crime unit (SIEDO) of the Office of the
Mexican Attorney General (PGR). The BLO even [link
] allegedly recruited Mexico's former drug czar, Noe Ramirez Mandujano,
who reportedly was receiving $450,000 a month from the organization.
This recruitment also extends to all levels of the U.S.government.
Cartels have recruited local, state and federal officials.
Many of the assassination operations the cartels have launched against
one another and against [link
] senior Mexican officials have also demonstrated the advanced
intelligence capabilities the Mexican cartels possess.
With the money to buy foreign expertise and equipment, the Mexican
cartels have been able to set up counterintelligence branches which can
administer polygraph examinations, signals intelligence branches which
can intercept the authorities' communications and even elaborate (and
well-funded) units designed to spot and bribe vulnerable public
officials. In light of this history of intelligence effort, it is quite
easily within the cartels' skill set to employ double agents.
Alphabet Soup
While there are a number of Mexican cartels who frequently compete with
each other over turf, sometimes work together in limited cases, or more
broadly in formal confederations, the number of cartels is dwarfed by
the myriad of agencies working against them on the US side of the
boarder. Between, local, state and federal agencies, there are some 92
different agencies with some sort of jurisdiction working against the
cartels in El Paso alone. The agencies include obvious ones such as the
DEA, Texas Rangers and El Paso police to the less obvious such as
the IRS, the Amtrak Police and the Army CID on Ft. Bliss.
This jumble of jurisdictions creates a very difficult environment for
working with CIs. Not only are agencies legitimately concerned about
protecting the identities of their CIs due to the possibility of
corruption in other agencies, but there is also the issue of
competition. Agencies are afraid of other, better funded agencies
stealing their informants. If a local police detective has developed a
very good dope source, the last thing in the world he wants is for the
ICE or DEA to take control of his source, which will in all likelihood
mean that he will lose all the information the CI was providing.
Likewise, if an ICE agent has developed a good Mexican cartel source,
the last thing he wants is for the DEA or FBI to take control of the
In the human intelligence world, there is a lot of jealousy and
suspicion. This not only means that intelligence information is not
fully shared across agencies, but that agencies are very reluctant to
run checks on their CIs through other agencies for fear of dilvulging
their identities. This insulation results in some CIs double or even
triple dipping, that is, working with other agencies and providing the
same information in exchange for additional payments. This fragmentation
also results in the agency running the CI to not be able to learn of
critical information pertaining to the past (or even current) activities
of their CI. This also means that in some cases, the agency that
recruits the CI is simply not in the best position to take full
advantage of the information provided by the CI, or to protect the CI
when things turn bad, but competition and institutional rivalries
prevent the CI from being turned over to a more capable agency.
Certainly on its face, ICE would not be the best, most logical agency to
handle a source like Rodriguez, who was a lieutenant in the Juarez
cartel tasked with conducting assassination operations -- essentially
narco terrorism.
Nowhere to Hide
One last thing to consider in the Gonzalez assassination is that it
highlights the fact that even though targets will seek shelter inside
the US, Mexican drug cartels will follow them across the border in an
effort to kill them - [link
http://www.stratfor.com/mexicos_cartel_wars_threat_beyond_u_s_border ]
-- something we have discussed for several years now. Furthermore,
incidents like the Gonzalez hit will likely cause high-value cartel
targets to move even deeper into the United States to avoid attack
and their enemies' brazen and sophisticated assassins will likely
Rodriguez' use of teenaged assassins to kill Gonzalez is also in keeping
with a [link http://www.stratfor.com/mexico_security_memo_july_23_2007 ]
trend we have seen in Laredo and elsewhere of the cartels recruiting
young street gang members and training them to be assassins. The young
gunmen working for [link
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/mexico_dynamics_gun_trade ] Los Zetas in
Laredo, Houston, San Antonioand elsewhere have been given the nickname
"zetitas" (little zetas.) In is not surprising to see the Juarez cartel
also employing young gunmen. Not only are the young gunmen easily
influenced, fearless and hungry for money and respect, but the cartels
believe that the younger offenders are expendable if caught or killed,
and will also do less time than an adult if they are arrested and
We anticipate that we will continue to see the expansion of cartel
violence inside the U.S. and that incidents such as the Gonzalez
assassination will soon seen farther from the southern border.
Scott Stewart
Office: 814 967 4046
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